Agency Role

Description

The role the agency performs with respect to AQS data handling (e.g., collecting, reporting, etc.).

Values represent:

  • Monitoring - the agency responsible for the operation and maintenance of the monitor.

  • Collecting - the agency that collects atmospheric samples (for lab based methods) or the data (for in situ monitors)

  • Analyzing - the organization determing the concentration of the parameter for lab based measurements

  • Reporting - the agency submitting sample data to AQS

  • PQAO - the Primary Quality Assurance Oraganizatoin, the agency with overall responsibility for the quality of the data from the monitor

  • Certifying - the organization attesting to the completeness and validity of the data from this monitor

  • Audit - the organization peforming independed field quality assurance on this monitor

Business Rules

Required.

Must be a valid AQS Agency Role name.

Multiple agency role names with the same value cannot be entered for the same period.

If the agency changes for any role, the begin and end dates are used to define the applicable time period.

Valid agency roles include:

  • REPORTING

  • ANALYZING

  • COLLECTING

  • PQAO